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HON. OSCAR F. 



MOORE, OF OHIO, 



PKACrU^AL LKilTSL.VTlON FOR THE TROHKLRS IN KANSAS— THE DEMOOKATIO 
ANO >}EJ>lIIU.TO AN PARTIES, TJIEl R POLICY AND ACTION- 
MIL i.ARD FILLMORE AND IflS PARTY. • .: 



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SATiJiinAY, August !^, 1856. 



place uttered one ^rord in dobatoupon ihesiib- 



Thc House being in. the Coniraittw of the: | jcct, I have nevertheless been exceedingly s - 
liole on the statp of the Union- - licitoiis all the time, to -ce the earliest po.ssible 

Wr. MOOKE f^ait^: settlcriicnt of thi?; delicate and vexatious qnee- 



Mr. CiZA::;?iA:v : Until yevSterday, it wa.>^ ixt 
;ny purpose lo avail nsyself of the latitude 
uiveu to de'i.ito while in Coniniittee of the 



tioii, .tO lav as tni> Congress, constituted as it 
in, can ssttle it. But pray \s\\^X jn'^ctical riood. 
is accomplished lor Kansas or the country, 
A'aol;:, to submit any reni.'irks whatever, know- j (v>H!'7/ /,<(«/, as we all concede tjtey are, by a 
ill};, :!S we all <i-.^, that w^uitever is said while | more fecJlng ofanxit'ty, whether real or ilcti- 
tbus iu Coni-.iiiciee is jvidressed rather to the I lions, on the part of Congress? The Democracy 
■c-fliniry than to Congress. I have, however, luu-e settled dowi^ upon ajlnality. Tiie. coun- 
tiir s /.!i!0 tiiue desised, in the spirit of that can- | try vv!is peaceful, ipiiet, happy, prosperous al- 
•.;'>r MVid frankn-S3 which ought ever to charac- j most without a parallel, when, a Httle more 
■.i.Ti/c our int.oroui'so heiC, to addre.ss myself Mhan three years ago, it was transferred by 
■rieHv Xi; f/eritlr'i,en upon this fioor, whose [ Millard Fillmore to the present administration, 
lutr it j-, in coininon witii myself, to forget i and now the whole country is corivuhcd, and, 
\i)C a while what I fear engrosses too much { to say nothing of subsequent events, there can- 
our atteption, iind endeavor in good faith to ] not be found a single man v,-h > has the effcont- 
MCi'oinplish some practiral plan of averting a I ery or indecenry to say that the introduction 
■'•lcr.,iit>.f which all agree Ihreateas the coun- | of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and the repeal ©f 
'ry, ari>l for iesioring that good feehng and j the Missouri Comi)rouii3e, was not the incfp- 
!::innouy which ou'j;ht ever to exist among the j Hon of the entire scries of unhappy events 
■Utiertnt States i-fthii Union; but a dintrust j which have followed close upon th« heel of tiiat 
.»!'niy own povi^rs, a.id that timidity and difh- di.sastrous measure. It is not our purpose to 
dejice which, if it were not pccuiiar to myself, 
is a very natural eifsprifig of my position as a 
new iiieinOe/' npor.\ this Hour, has heretO|fore de- 
lerri'd me from making that effort ; and now, 
:i<imoni.«h('d by the |>re.>^sin'e of business before 
as, and thevery brief peri )d alio ved to accom- 
plish it, I am comjielied either to forego en- 
tirely what I have desired to say, or to present 
it to the ('ommiltee, where, (or the reason 
already stated, it may never reach many of 
those by whom 1 de.sii-e to be heard. 

We have heard much — very much — said, 
and a great anxiety has been manifested in 
"his flail, during this protracted session, about 
an ^.virly settlemtnt of the "Kansas question," 
I stiall not pause to inquire with what siiw.erity 
^eiitieiaen have at all times talked, or how 
much less o^ feediiifi than was evidenced by 
the words uttered, of anxieiy for tlie early set- 
tlement of this que'-tion, but wish merely to 



truce the effect of that scheme, or to suggest 
motives for its introduction, or mark its pro- 
gress from tho fatal hour when it was concoct- 
ed, down to the present moment of gloom and 
despondency; but it is enough to say, that 
wherever you may cast your eyes, you caji 
see nothing but havoc, and desolation. 

If a tornado had swept over the whole corn- 
try no greater devastation would have been 
perceptible in the natural world than is now 
standing out in bold relief, everywhere, in the 
political condition of the count nj. The govern- 
ment, from an unprecedented tranquillity and 
prosperity, has been pre -ipitated into the veri- 
est vortex of discord, and so deep siittltd a 
disqui-otude is everywhere exhibited— such a 
portentous murmuring of the people, such a 
distrust, such a want of confidence, such a 
sectional bickuing and fitrife is now inanifcsi,- 
cd all over the land, that even the coolest, th© 
Bay that I, too, have been a«a;/c)«s upon this j bravest, and the truest men of the couutrj / 
subject; and although for more than light | arc watching the passing events with tho ut^ 
months I have sat heto, ■ivdifferent, apparent- j most solicitude and apprebension, lest it m»f 
If, perhaps, to eome, i\m\ havo never in my ( result ia open rupture and civil war. V."hc 



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giant Ucmor-ratic party of IS")?, where is it | of every one within it. And yet no anu of t^jis 
now? Where are its coIodmI proporti<inc, its government, strong enough to aco<Hnpli^rl its 
I »roud cropt, its Samson lock ■;■:' 6(>?(c / jr-iw^ .' i pu!po-e«, has ever b..cn interposed. Fraud 



it has fallen; its giant proportions have dwio 
(ile<l away ; it has been shorn of its Sam- 
son locks, and with them have d -parted their 
Samson strength, and now, as a sick girl, it 
cries — 

"Give me some diink, Tiiiniuf.' 
And that proud chieftain, too, who ::. 
wascam.:d into the Presidential minsicu uiili , 
jilniost a unanimous, vote — h^v- ir.^: the nii^n- j 
(y fallen ! 

" But yestorda.T, the word 

Have Ptood against the woilj : now \'v < hetlier'?, ; 

And Tionc bo poor to do liim iwereiice." i 

And that ''Little Ci:int" OMce the pride of: 
"Young Amoricu," with a talent worthy of a | 
'• ;• ! caiise, with a bravery scarcely parallel- | 
. ' , m1 a tr/7/ to cxe'^ute ecj'ialed only by his 
ti;iii'!llo=s courage. lie, too, is huti.bled to the 
(la«5t. The chalice prepared h-y Iiini [''cano- ; 
thor, has be?n veturDcd to his own H - ' :>" 
.•irrow has rebounded and pierced hi 
Bom : , 

" Keen w.'n> his'.fang.s, but keener !ar to i'efl, ' 

He uiirsed tlio pinion which impelled the f<teel.'' ] 

The very friends of tho=e who initiated this ; f'l'^'f. -^^ •^''i?^' a preponderance of actua 
mad scheme, i.nd brought to its support all the I '^'^'^^ ^'^ ''^'^^ Jernlory who desjrcd to 



and violence have stalked abroad, and blood 
has fiown, and yet no interposition, by the ad- 
ministration, until the act has been consum- 
mated, and then only a fore-, too puny and im- 
becile to restorer order and enforce obedience. 
And now this Oongi ess is to adjourn, and no 
prarticab'ie remedial measure is propoecii by 
ihe Demoiiacy, at all adeqaute to tl 
ing lri)uble>. Nothing cooeiliulor 
ht.a'ing, nothiug saluiary 1o tb.e it-. - k.m 
pciee of the country i:* profT^rcd by that party, 
that chiims ior iisvlf «/^ of natioriulit}, till of 
coiwlrvatism, nil of pat:iolisin. iJut I <^-- ir- 
to do no injuslioe. 

A bill has been introduced ami 
the Si'nate, at the instance of 'hi- " 
which, its fi lends claim, is th 
and 1 i~. >■. I. 10 wi 'i u-. (■ -tract li 
of !;'■ V possess. 

to .- \; tiiat bi.. 

■k?mblitiicc. ai lea>c oi^/(4</'/<i?^s ; and U ai: >- 
teachings heretofore from those "tvho \i\c:>- 
claimed to be the "peculiar friends" of free 
Kuflsa-i wcVt- trve, and there w»s, in point of 



power and patronage of this vast government, 
haVe, in one portion of the country at least, 
i.ie?»crtpd them. Their heads have b^en phici-d 
upon the block, and the axe appliorl by the 
vcpy hands of those that they ba\e carcs-sed ; 
and while they have permitted their bodies to 
icriche in all the agonies of s <leath strugg'e, 
they have turned contemptuously away, ; ndas 
if to show how intiHtble is thiir scorn, thoy 
are seeking now to elevate to the high places 
from whiili the sclicmers have been dragged, 
the very ma», who, above all others in this 
countr}', can smile nyviphicenthj at his fallen 



Kansas a free State, as has alway.-- 
I been represented, there could be 
i objection urged against ihcnieasuri.' 
I who desired to see the quoKtion sett 

the sfiine time desired also to see K . .. 

I mitled into this Unioi\ as a free State. Itut 
I uJifortunately for the success of that measun. 
I the int'ommtion which liis been spread al; 

over this country by the fiiends of free Kan 

sas, a.s to the groat supei-iority in nurahers, 
j of the free Stale men in that Territory', is now 
I pronounced yuftu/yin', or at least doubtful, b\ 
! those men themselves. And again, in aniici 



rivals, and in the deepest recesses of his cold F ^lion of the passage of this Senate bill, from 



and antiquated heart, laugh at their calamity 
And yet this venerable Democracy wrups itself! 
up in its own dignity, and instead of offering 
some jiraclicil healing measure to the country, I 
looks out with cod and deliberate unconcern, ! 
and, in deep 8epuichrdl tones, says to the jieo- 1 
pie of this convulsed governmetit : 

'• There U no rciud/— we can do nothing — we 
stand upon a JinnUt;/, wliieli we otupclvcrt have' 
foroed upon tlie couiilrr, nnd now l..t what will 
come, we leave you to the H-ree pn«!>io!is, the vio- 
leno»?, the howie-knife Hiid the rifl ' of iiilurintpd' 
mon, to protect >0iirFeIve3 if jou c:in, or to auffer 
uiid filced ai d die if you n>n?)t." 

The very principles Inch was introduced by 
the Kansas bill, rnd upon which the Democra- 
cy j'^u/ne tip to " v(<, thi-y have sufTeiefl to be 
tejtuiliuti'l iu.d ■•■■rnited out of the 'I'eiritorx', 
uid the inw principle intioduced of pei milting 
cvoryboriy ontnide of the 'J'eiritoiy to prc- 
Ectibe the govtrnracnt to the cotiro exclusion 



information recently receivid, which, to say 
the le^st of it, comcb trom a source entitled, 
in the absence of more rtliulile teBtimony, tc 
no little credit ; it is understood and believed 
that ihat class of mm whi', from the first, have 
Set out with a iixed deteMuinaiion to c^lab 
lish shivery in that Territory, and aiehbor 
'ing fieduloufly to acconqdi^h thit purpo.-n-, 
have already taken the necessary fitcps un 
der the pimisions of that bill to control tht- 
■jlestiny of that Territory to huit theiii'!«lves| 
and, with that information ttaiing us in tju 
face, in -connexion with the notorious fact 
that lilmost every niiin here, wlu'.^e sunpa 
thios are with ih slav ■ party, and who would, 
wcro it Kft to him, t\stat»li-h t'livery there, 
is fin* th;it bill, and ttesiios \{a \ i!^ 
ever of lairui'Ss may 5i(ipc»r npe: 
t^io bill i Self, or hoi.vivi.r jliusibl- ..i > i."j 
tlio argnuienis lugcd by ii«, f.iends in its fa 

> ..• \< :. ./.v •n.. f. ,•■ i V ,, (li ^..1.. Ii ,1 . <"tl;. 



House, and thenf.^re it offtrs n-> 'practical 
relief oithor to Kjiuhis or the coiii>tiT. For, 
come what will — diifcr as widi ly as we may, 
•iS tc what mcasu7'c of p^acc si ouli be adopt- 
ed, whoever or whatever may be affected by 
it, it is due to frankness and to truth to say 



The power bihlnd the <hrone,.thc wheel 
uithiii the wheel, the complicated and deli- 
cate machine}-}/ which gives impetus, and di • 
rection, and control to paity organizaiion, is 
not perc?ptible, even in the calmest momenta, 
to the pure-miiidud, unsuspecting, true men of 



that no mejisure viore facorallc to the cstab- i the country. And while now the farmer at 
lishraent of slavery in Kan?aP, than iho Ter- i his plough, the mechanic in his work-shop, 
ritorial bill itself, wholly nv; aided by any other and ihe laborer at his toil, in the honesty of 
legislation looking to that end, r.nd divested } hi;? pure heart, in the unsuspecting eincenty 
of ever? appliance brought to bear by o««- j of his true nature, with p .Iriotic emotions, 
»i(Ze iniiucnnes and considerations, can ever looks out upon the turnu il, the distrust, the 



receive the sanction of a majority of the 
House. And it is worse than useless — it is 
tiie sheereM vioclcery, therefore, to [)ropose 
anything that can afford ne'.v legi:?lative ald^ 
oven in the t-lightcst degree, to tlie establi.-h- 
ment of slav-cy «in Kansas. If, then, this is 
I h.K-'uUimatmn of the Democracy, we can, with- 
out doing the least injustice, insis^t before the 
people, tluii they turn a deaf ear to all their 
ttUtreaties, al'ord no relief, proffer no healing 
measure, but complacently fold their arms, 
planting tiiemselvcs upon theirjina'lty, and 
li iive the couiitiy to woriv out its own sal- 
vation, as best it can. But a new purty lias 
recently sprung up in this country, and with 
all the rt-r^or and eniJinsiasm oi i\ xiQVf axxxicw 
for ihe popular favor, this strange couipouiid 
of discordant eltments — this pic-bald, hetero- 
geneous mass of coiiglomerated inconsistencies, 
instigated and led on by a band of political 

for years 



disquietude, the portentous murmurings of the 
people, and thinks only of the quick return of 
happier and more tranquil moments to the 
country, docs not even drenm^ that at tha 
very moment there is behind the scene, that 
batid of political triclcate.rs, and, renegades, 
and cuhentu7erii\v\uch always heretofore be 
has shunned as he would the adder — whovso 
touch is contaminaiion, whose breath is pesti- 
lential, and whose rule is dishonor and ruin — 
are chuckling over his innocent infatuation, 
but, at the same time, arranging with the ut- 
most caution and care the party m-achinery, 
so that they may reap the harvest, and gather 
the fruit, while he is left to enjoy the mortify- 
ing reality of a disappointed hope and a de- 
frauded expectation. And yet no man who 
has mingled at all in public life, or has but 
half heeded the admonitions of the past, or 
looks with but half an eye at the " beautiful 
workings" of the iAiTHFLL now, with all their 



desperadoes and charlatans, who ... j , ^ ,, , , -.i,-!. 

have distrraced the country and embroiled its riew-lorn zeal for that rep: »s and quiet which 
peacefurcitizens, but, rendered now somewhat I the country so imperiously demands, but 
respectable by an association with no incon- ! ^'li>ch ever heretofore they have been so stu- 
siderable^ number of worthy people, have diously and sedulously cartful to dtstvrl and 
appropriated entirely to themselves the settle- !/^''s^™2/,, c^i" ^or one moment doubt the jpwr- 
uieut of this Kanzas question, and a restora- 



tiou wf the peace and quiet of the couutrJ^ No 
higher aim, we grant, could challenge the ex- 
ertiitns of any pf»rty, no nobler purposes could 
injisige the untiring energies of any political 
arg!iuization in this country. And if this were 
die aim ivnA pur^JO^e of the Icadei'S and insti- 
gators of this new party, one universal ahoitt 
should come up, " God speed its success!''! 
But lot no man be deceived ! It comes, we I 
grant, under an eaphoaious name — "Republi- 
can!" "The People's party !" And, looking | 
only at its title, the liumble h.abiliments ! 
tlirown around its exterior, no wonder that so 
.T.anj' good and true men in the North are in- j 
dined, in the bitterness of their anguish, to | 
fiiU into it- embraces. No one can doubt that, j 
in niunbers. at lea.sr, a vast mjijoriry of those j 
who are this day widiin the folds of this new 
organi/j,tion, nro honest and pure in purpose, 
sincere in design, and patriotic in deterniina- 
tio;!, and that if leffc to them, they would bring 
back the country to {jviniitive landmarks, and 
restore peace and order ; but no loss true is it, 
that the hone.-l, tuie, and patriotic mnssesof 
that party will not, as they have not, thus far, 
dictate its policy or control its destiny. 



i pose and ban&drsigii of such men ; their unti- 
ring exertions to carry out those purposes, 
and their ability to consummate them, if by 
excitement and confusion, or by feeling, pre- 
j'-idice, or passion, just)}', perhaps, aioused, 
the people of the country can be so lulled to 
sleep or seduced into a heedless acquiescence, 
as to enable them by stealth and Jrand to at- 
tain power and control in this goverrment, 
either by themselves or by the minions that 
they have raised up for the occasion. 

Settle the dilBcultics in Knnsas, Mr. Chair- 
man ! Restore peace and quiet to a distracted 
country ! Bring back the goverament to an- 
cient Ian Imavks! Inspire new confidence! 
Avenge the breach of plighted faith ! Con- 
ciliate and reconcile conllicting rights and in- 
terests in the true sj irit of the jaiherif, a: d 
plant thom:^dvcsJhYhly upon such reconcilia- 
tions and stand-by them! Who, sir, in all 
this land, in sober seriousness, would ever 
even suspict that the master frpirita of this 
Republican movement, the men who seek to 
control its destiny, who hnte thus far dictated 
its policy, Mnd will in the future, if it shall 
suc-eed,' guide and direct its course, either seek 
or d.sire to accomplish any such pnrposea 



Peace ami quiet to the country, gooil fnlh, 
loyalty to the conslitutioti, .•icq'iii.M'ence in all 
the coin»(ron\is;cK of that iriK'rumeiit, nnd a 
stoadf:i8t adheiencc to tho policy, the yiddinjr, 
con«i!iHtory spirit of those ^rweync?; who stood 
by the cradle of this govcriiracnt in its intancy. 
cheri'jhed and pj-ot-cted it in its youth, and 
traiii^niittod it to us in the victor and strength 
of its umnhocd, no useless agitation, no r.n- 
wanantc-d ftctionali-ni, no fratiTTjal suifi'I 
And say you that this is the doctrine of tin- 
?u:^ R.nd front of Kepublicanism? lilot out 
the r-^cord that these men Iiavo made. for;^i't 
the strife which they iiavc -o'^e.-i-^ioned, crus'' 
from your history the recc^rd.'d scenes of agita- 
tion iti which they have f.gureil so conspicu- 
ously ; hur.i lilt the stitute-b wk ii every State 
in which by any means, either foul or fai'-, 
they have at any time had the ]>v.ver and con- 
trol; gather logpt!:er every di-^iinion and sacri- 
legious sentiment which even now every day 
is pouring in upon ua from nil quarters, ema- 
nating from men «ho, while tlioy are kindred 
spirits, nnd think nr.d f-el wi'.li them, have not 
that cool, calculating head nor that dishonest, 
insincere and insidious liv.-rt that for its own 
own wi~e purposes in this particular juncture 
can smother up and conceal its tnie instincts, 
and bury all these tilings deep, deep in the 
bowels of the cirth, and you may then induce 
the people to believe tiiat their purposes are 
ideniic^I, and that th.ey seek to accompli-h 
only what the people themselves de«ire in these 
perilous times. 

(Jod knows, Mr. Chaiiniaji, that there is al- 
ready enough in this country to excite .ind 
startle it- peaceful .*md (juii't rilizens, and that 
it is in no wise the part either of wisdom or 
prudence to say aught to add to that disquiet 
ude and re*;tles8nefis, or acecllerate the fearful 
issue so likely to omc out of it. It is all 
doubtle,s.s the legitimate offspring of tho sad 
workings of a wiciced ar.d mad iidministrat'nn, 
frho with impious hands h.ivi liroken up the 
dei'p fountain in whieh 1i:ik betn hid<le.n fur so 
long tho dark waters of ijisconl, and deluged 
the country. And while we wouM not sup- 
pn«fi one tittle of that ju.-.t imiignrition which 
is felt by nil outniged people for the wrongs 
inflicttHl, or avert the merited punishment for 
those wrongs, or rcticue for one instant from 
the deep grave ot dishonor and infamy, dug by 
their own h-.ujds, and tn which with so nii;ch 
unanimity ui' insulted and indignant people 
h»t^ consigned tliem, a party so pervcise as 
that which now atliicts the country, we would 
ask, in th»; spirit of patriotism nnd ilei p devo- 
tion to this great ^ovenunent, to pause one 
moment and look beyond the t\irbnltnt .scenes 
of tlie pre>ient hour. Is there to be a fuliiri. 
of this Republic? And is that j'uturf to lind 
»■; a unitiKi and happy people, with one coun- 
try, Olio constitution, otic Hag, *' with no slar 
♦Witeratod or Btri|)0 enkse<]," one destiny ; or 



shall that great orb of day look down '• 'tn tbf 
broken and dishonored frag mi. .its of n once 
glorious Union, on n land rent with civil feno 
or drtnched it may be in fr.Hu,?nal blofd V" 

These may be inquiries wcvtiiy of thi- ;>u<*»- 
irjg not ire evun of those Vi\\os(rfat the '' ITni- 
on savers" of these day.^. And while upon ihn: 
subject, I de.sire, Mr. Chtiin-'.an. simply to sa\. 
that I am not one of tho-" \v.'> believe that 
this Union can be dissolvi i ' j i.ny Fudden po- 
litical coiivul-ion. No gn tt tc ,i(u!o will ever 
sweep over this country, j ofent trough to s.'.ver 
at once the stron'.; cords which bind ns togetli- 
er. Nor is it again.^t nny s-vh occurrene a-- 
tliat, 1 wo'dd desire to raut'Ci the country. 
But it is ngninst that iii.iiJ.ionx, mendacious* 
power and inliuence vrliieli xte'iU upon u< in 
the night sea.<on, when huUfst nnd tnir men 
are sleeping, and severs ri c^i-d here, and 
another one there, and thus. w-.i!vcns the bond 
of union. Tt is agfii.ist that f'U ajjirlt which 
creates di.strnst, and dest-oys th;!t mutual c<ni- 
Hdencc which is so essential among the jumi] le, 
and igainst that demon who, wi'h a fair exti> 
rior, and honeyed words, .sa3-bl'.rsl to the Nortl;, 
"See what ihe South ha> t'ione!" and then 
to the South, "see what the North is about to 
do!"' that 1 would c.ntion the country and 
above nil, wl.ile thus the borid of union is 
weakened, and all conddetice is lost — vhiic 
the North is u'-ouscd, and exciicd, and indij;- 
nant atwh.it it is suid the South has d(vne, and 
the South is all on Jire at what it is s-sld the 
North is about to do — whi! ' the cloud.- are 
loweiing and the storm coming, it is net only 
against all new and untried «xperiments — all 
tamper imj — )m{ in thv. very dcijiest rece.^st* 
of my soul, I solenmly protest ag;unst entrust- 
ing the ru'o of thi.s government into the hai ds 
of cither the men or their minions, who \'"r -o 
long have desind in thtir"lu.iit of hearts" 
to witness just such a condition of thi-'^g-^ in 
the country ; and wi.o f.vr so n»:iuy yeJirs havu 
l;\bored so sedulou«ly and uncea.>iingly for il* 
consummation. 

Hen tofore, Mr. ('haunian, there ha.^ r^ever 
been a time, when the course's of such men 
wouM have been hf^eded for ono instant by thi> 
great ma.s.<es of ptnv-minded and true men 
who love their country. It is true that, occa- 
sionally, ofic of them has utolcn int<i somt- 
high place of trust in the North, but theystot>d 
out as livhifj moHument'i oi tfuir own >li.ime 
and disgi-ace, and a fnot'on light to point out 
the rod: upon which every true man in thfc 
country, who travels in that direction is de— 
tined inevitably to spliL 

And, sir, never imtil this f.dministration. 
in utter disregard of all it.s ji'cdgcs, and in 
open violation of that coidi<leMCii which lh« 
people reposed in it, sank il.self *o ('cq, <lid 
thexe vitn ri.se above the surface b -neiith w hich 
they had so long remained, witli enough <'f 
power only to di*color the waters, and at liiue*. 



possibiy create Ji riji^iU. And now, brouglif 
into notice, and v.-'uh a rcspectaliility and an 
importance given to them only by the contia.st 
which they bejir to tho present ;!.dmin.istration, 
in its law and ^unlcn estate, these; men have 
in.iUiVurated a oe'io party^ mside uyi, ii-is true, 
moiitly out of those wlio, like rat><, h;ive had 
tho necessary imiiiwt to escape from the sink- 
ing ship in time, and tlie excrements of tjvery 
party that lian ever exi-teil in this country, 
and, u'lder a "j'tnici/ riatiH\" chosen hecause no 
one could iinderstund, or <iven 8Hi']ii'''J irom it, 
what were the ti-ue (h'^igh^ and purpOiteH of 
those wlio stood .nio}i.\or;< to it at the baptis- 
mal font, prdlijic of jjrOMiises fjut iiiengi ew'xth 
both the abiity and disposition to keep them — 
profcsxing to be guided by tlie wisdom of 
Washington, and Jeffesson, ni.d Madison, but 
trariiplinij, in reality upon the liraves of those 
men — reviUn'j their memories and traducing 
and filifi/ing their characters, by denouitring 
every daj:, as the <leepest of all damning .tins, 
the- rrry thing of wliich tliese men were all 
guilty, and upon whose Kkirln, if sin it was, it 
rested, when their spi'-its took their flight — 
and sailing, too, as i!u'y say, under the tl;ig of 
their country, and yet that ''shorn of its fair 
proportions," and not less l!\an fijlenn. of its 
bright stars obliterated, they appeal to the 
countrj' for recruits. 

And who, pray, is to raily around their 
standard? Not a few, perhaps, with more 
zeal thm wisdom, catclilnfr from afar off, the 
tU'.nt iiou;s of some one who, for the first time 
in his life, perhaps, has discovered that some 
weil-fcd, light-hearted, hap'iy descendant of 
the African race " is held in bondac;e," and he 
Is crying out lustily, " liberty,'" ''liberty," and 
remembering tliat icnn t/if vntchword of the 
Revolution, and that there was prf stige of suc- 
cess to it., therefore instantly rush into the 
tliickest of th..' fight. 

There is one other class who, far more wor- 
thy than tiiese. are laboriuii under the strange 
itiJ'atKatioii that no ont-, unltss In; has been 
all his life a Democrat, it- entitled to their sup- 
port, nnd hccause Colonel Fi-emont has been 
all his lifj .1 l)enioci-at, iKwi .lames Kuclianan 
has only been one for the last fori n years, and 
before that was a Fkhekalist, of course, thi'v 
prefer the foiiner, and very naturally go over 
to his support. 

There is still another class, far more formi- 
dable than either of the twu named, because 
thty are more numerous, and more harmonious, 
and far better united in all their political ac- 
tion than any other body of men who i-.ver, 
in this country, exercised the right to vole. I 
mean, Mr. Chairman, that class of adopted cit- 
JKeus. vvlioaver tiiey may be, or wherever they 
may have come from, ami none other, who 
hand themselves together, stand aloof, never 
minglv; with our people, never learn cur lan- 
gnagf, never become Aaierirwiized^ go to the 



polls and vote as orie man, and who, in everj^ 
political contest in which our own people arc- 
at all equally divided, control at their owa will 
the election. 

Never, .^ir, diil th** Buchanan Democracy humbif 
itself so much, never did they go .so )ar out of their 
wiiv, to sj)it tf/.o.'i- ihe iiativc-boi'ii America'!! citizeu, 
to apjifwii ih.ii i.;lass of ro'trs, as has the Republican 
panv, under die management of its virtvo-U'- leaders. 
And now, it this cla.ss of voters withhold their su])- 
port, and refuse the rich bounty of tree homes -i)n 
free soil, in Im' Kuu.s;is, under Frennjiu — h:it is 
promised them, and still .«;»a/-ii the embrace o'f the/ 
men who, under one of thi;ir clu^f leaders, for their 
sake, have i/ufiy nantLi/ luxiii'd out the true sons of this 
st)il, they but exhibit with their other faults that 
deepest of all sins -Ajw Wf//-a/i7w(/t. .But it cannot 
be. The Krpublieaii party are entitled to llie .sup- 
port of this class of vciors--they destrve it for their 
truckling .subserviency — they merit it (or their self- 
debasement iu Jetpi^ing their own bl'iod, so that they 
might love them the more; and it i.s to Li' hoped thit 
they Will receive it all, and that no uiau vidl ciiry 
them the boon. 

There is another class, Mr. Chairuinn, upijn 
whom ii powerful appeal is mtde. I mean, sir, the 
quiet, uuol)iru.sive, conservative portion of the 
country -the trut' in'-n who are disa])pointed, ch;i- 
grined, mortified and overwhelmed at the biid faith 
and broken promises of hiojh public fuuctionaries. 
The upright cili/en, who deplorts the unfortunatt- 
condition of public atiairs, i.s justly indirjoant at those 
uho are respon.-ible lor it, and desires ardently to re- 
buke the ptr))etriitors of the wrong. 

Btil, while tliey would pjo far to hold up u.j puhtic 
censure and condfifiin.ition all who are rcspoiiiybk' 
for th;- outrage, and would hurl, with scorn, from 
power the party under whose auspices the act iiiis 
been coiisumniuted — yet wimld be the last, in doing- 
this, to perpetrate :i ni'.ire glaring wrong, or ijitlici 
upon the country a far f^reater calamity. The desire 
of the.se men is peace, order, justice, safety to tlie 
country, the supremacy of the law, and the preser- 
vation of th» uoverumeut as it is. And the aid of 
these men is invoked to the building up of the Ke- 
publican party, and unless that aid is afforded heni 
that party is destined to the most inglorious defeat. 
Will that aid be given? It is not to be disjfuised 
that theie is an intense feeling iu ihe couciry, that 
ihert' exists the stroofjest delerminution to rebuke 
the .Vdniiuisiration of President Pierce, aud to tix 
the seal of condemn.ttion upon the party, who pro- 
I ose merely to cousvmiua'r it scheme of wron ^ an<l 
wantonness, ccncocted, and, to a very censid.-?rablt> 
extent, carried ihroujjh by the Adniinistrution, 
which it pro vises to succeed; and could it st<!p there, 
and the eountry lejiose quutl- , when that great 
work is accomplished, the duty of every man would 
be a. plain one. But that brings up the momentous 
question; and it is well worth tho candid niA dis- 
passionate inqiiiry of the quiet and considerate citi- 
z.'u everywhere, whf'ther ir is not better to endeavor 
10 rebuke the wrcno- in ."iv-me other wajx or even k- 
suffer it to ffs> unrebnked. than to inv<ike a power 
that may prove mori- terrible aud disastrous in itt 
consequence, and more faUil to th ' peace and proi*- 
perity of the c;i)Ver-jmeni, than even the continu- 
ance in power of a party so universally condemned 
and detested. Good irien cry out, there is do dan- 
ger, but is that true? 

A party exi.sting only iu one port'on of the eotin- 
try, Selecting their own candidates, proposing te 
elect them by a strict sectionaHote, to the entire 
aud absolute exclusion of. ev ry other portion of th* 
Tvepublic, and then, lUidiT Siich au organi^^.-tion. un- 
dertaking to administer the g.vernmeotfor a portion 
of the country intentionally pivcluded from ajjt p'.ur- 



lidpation in the m;i»tcr, ik an experinu nt, tu say the i Blrugjjle, tho eutir^ TCspon!»ibiliiy of which its friends 

loiiBt of it, of doubtful ch,iracter. Upou its very faci- j htxrc :i:ionofaU>/ Mm^lit to imposi.' upon th' se who 

it bears the scmblnntv of wronjj and injustice. It! would not aid. contribute to, or acnuesce in, or even 

threaten.-, dancer, and it may result disastrou? to the | submit t ) its b?hi's:s, conneeted with its birth, have 

country. A"d ""^ candid ;ind la r-min^led man can j alieady b;'en alluded to. Has anything pirce ocjiir- 

look upon thes h-niein his culm and soberniomcnts, I red lo render it w<j/-.' acaptdU »o the prudent, con- 

w-ithonl feelin» u det p dislnI^t f.n- il.< success Ciui- | servutive and cnnsider.itu cifi'/en! It is said that, 

ded, hnwev.r, by \v'sd.)m. contr lied by considerate j even if rash, gel!i-<b and dangerous nieu, were if'/4(y in 

and r\ peri, need" men, and nrgid on by pure patriot- conciviuj^ and in jrivinir birth to the bantling, thit 

ism, the experiment, even ns dans:! fou.s as it may ' thdr p >wer r.nd control luis lon<r since censed, and it 

appear, might rnHult well, and the great i>bi<et of the it is now "thi- people's pnny," and under tlifir auspi- 

triu me ' .v ho an- imlined to eo witli if, might be ac- C;.s, guidance and nianagenient. ^r>ir. no absurdity 

comprshid-the wrongs redressed, the perpetrators ^ under the tiinisy gaib <f apparent truth, more <//«'//! ^^ 

rebuked, peace restort-d, and no new calamity entail- \ than this, n<>/>'i/.'>i<;/ mor< iatal to the p^ace and (|uiet 

■•d u])onthe c>nintry. " i of the country, was ever ait'-nipt id to be palmed off 

But has one .single element so essential to the sue- I by sinister and b.si'-hearU-d nun, upon an honist 

cess if Ihi- jjurty in aci\>mi)lishing the purposes i^i- \ and discreet, but in-W excited and indignant Ptople. 

signed bv conservative men to be acconiplished by We do not m-opose, Mr. Ohairniin, to trace the 

it, nifirked its progn-ss? It is not our purpose to go ; history of the I'hilad.jlph a Convtuiion. The result 

into any cl"se examination of th j rise oflhis partv, ' of its'delib.ration is well known to the country. 

or inqiiire j)artieularly into its parentage irlioi it i That there were many good nun, .sale and prudent 

was conceived -J/'Av it originated— /p/«i arranged for ' eiti/ens, nod true patriots in that convention, «i>me 

it.x birth- icAo acteil ns n.-cnoj/ieur—hoic dirii'''ilt was '■ of whom even, under a str inge infatuation, favored 

r.hf partiir.tion — "hdw the uiounialn latjorcd and I the nomination of Colonel Fr. Dion i, no om- doubts; 

hidiight forlh the mouse"— ii'»r ceiit.^i.n men rej-iiced i bnt that his nomination was the result of the delibe- 

vvhen ihc bantling was u^he!•fd m—uh" h^^f jfrofrl.il ; rate judgment, the honest convictions, the di.-»inter- 

bv it thus far, ui on what nourishment the .vJ/'/f/'/ j csted promptings <.f any such men, is so i/;i!V(/-/n'/.;- 

tf.ing has ben f. d. and how dilKcnlt, with all the | l,i/ t'<dx,-, that no (me can be found so Insn," us to a.- 

/i^«iw?«8 that has been administered during its infan- j sert it. Colonel Kremout! the yre t wilud- \\\i- 

ev, it h;i3 be^'U /(v^*: idi',; or ic/m! fo'ti! is yei prepared I " pathnn-lfr" ih«- '• '-.rpl- ri-r"- thv man who ascend- 

for it, and nixni which it is to be feasted, with the : the Rocky nu-untiiins, and i>lauted upon its highest 

\ain hope of eking out its miserable exis ence miiil ' prak the cikjss, tit emblem of his religion, forsooth, 

the household of its- parentage mav be enabled to but a man whi' never " trod the deck.' chosen to the 

rearlizc *./MWiV</<' at least of what proiui-ed at onetime entire exclusion of the tfn thousind bettt-r men in 

lo be a large estate! To drop all figure, and use [ the country, to go aboard of the old ship of State. 

plain liingnngc, catchi nc'orioux fharartftg^ irhlili/ \ and take hold of the helm in the midst of one of the 

at least, if not fu I'oriibh/ known to the country, by i most terribh- st( rnis in which that cherisb"d old 

prearningement had fixed the opening of this Gmi- ' craft was ever caught ; at an hour when etiry good 

gre.ss, and the organization of this House, as 'he f-me j man stood appalled, and helil hisbr'aih, f.-aiinir that 

and the place for the birth of this partv. Witliout j the very next wave that should dash agaiast hir 

wailing to consult or impiirc into the adaptation of { sides would carry her and all on b.>arJ l>tl'^^c, and s.iv 

rtli the naans prearranged, or the willingness on the • you that fhU-- is the wosiK of " t ftc p^p!-^ ?" S r, it is 

part of those selected to aid in the inauguration of I ii hjne U'»J up"n the intelligeniv, the honesty, the 

this pariv, the mavhiner;/ wa.s put in motion, and we • purity of the people; the impudcn * and wJAnithxnq 

remenib'r wt-ll its workings, 'the hirt'.in'j^:\\\A "?<7- | ^fro'dfi-y th/il gi\-e8 utterance to which, is surpassed 

Kt'-rn stood r.'udy, to*.'; m h'V'd, to scourge into active only by that which promoted the nomination itself. 

service everv one wh > was inclined to /</</ in the per- I T/w jMifti^." u-'rl: .' .*^ir, if you wmild lean whose 

tbrmunec of'the \v-vkhl/i.-f,l out fortheni by the sell- I work it wv.s, instead of '^^iing among the people and 

<xinstituted masltt^. No tneuii^l for whom ili -so men | h,fiiltinfi\\\on\ by inuuiring " who did it," you shoiild 

piofess so nirdi sympathy ever sntlered so deeply liitve gone, in some long still night of "ast winter, in- 

fn.m thi' lasli of liie //;.';."')''/• wv/-Arc/- ihan did ihose i to some gloomy cav.'rn on Wall street, or perh.ips 

who would not bow the knee, or yield obedience, or ^ iuio the darkened i-anetum of some New York cilv 

servile sind menial like, di> their biildings. And what- ' newfspapereiitor.aml there witne.ssed the scene which 

.'vcrmiiy be ihou/ht of me, and mv un\ ielding re- ' transpired auioU'' the wily inliticians of an oft-r^ 

sistanee to th» mandati-.s of those im-n in that l<-ng I pudiated, reject. d. and dispised sch k)1 oti the one 

strugg!..-, by Iboxe wh.)Se rc))resentative I am, eiilur part, and u band of puiVic ji'.taidi'iwi who ir./i-jft the 

individually or corectivelv, I <;i-oitv in the lirnim-ss government, hovtr Ike evil birds of prey ab<'Ut th.- 

by which I was . n ibl.-d to stand np against ihem— ,' Capitol, lilli.ig thr very atmosphere with iheir stench, 

r sist the reiitreati s seoin and ditesl thrirmei:-, on the other, and ovt-rhear.i the scheme one. ctcd 

nces, hcofl'at their carjnngs and base deiiniieiation, ' and the plan arranged f>.r a sudden and strange pub- 

and smile compliiceutly a? the harmless innoccncy of i lie ser.tinient in favor of th-- nomination of Colom 1 

their Hc<>urging:^. Thnt struggle is now over, and j Fremont to be indicated by vi.v-'^'""""' comniunica- 

no one desires to n^vivo it. j tioiis coining up from all parts of the countiy «m«;i- 

The. n-spi'CI f .r ilu- Sii.'«ker i^nn.spind bv the ot.v ' !au'Oiii-!i/, and then have markeel the unliring indos- 

with which he has .idorned t!ie chair, as a" pressing ] try,iind the zeal with which those it istinct classes, 

oflicer, and ic v>i (c/.v by that jHrliiiuril;/ with which | ncting cn-joiutiy, have lalv.nd to proin .t ■ that scn- 

his ehcti.iu was tirged, not so mneh by renlh-nun | timcni.aiici pr.icnre.llirniii.'h their owo ivryi/K/r^-W- 

wiff.ln, as by the WjwKii-t -/"t'A/i// thi.s Hull. To tin- ; ;.-/.>, its cxpre-ssion in tlu I'hiiadeiph .i Couvenlion, 

.'oiiiitrv it y'VJuM bu' a stni','gli' for the orgiinizatioii i and you would liavi.- had no trouble <n either h arning 

of this' Ho(L'-e, b;il lo th ■ r'nlrn'Miio ■■><■}, '■» of the ' "whose work it was," or \\hnt are the puri>^ '"^ nu-i 

Republican paMv, it w.is ihe ve f tlv.it ! .''<.-'(;7<is of the cc-l.iborer.-. 

parlv. It was b.." ui d. rs».od ih. ; ■ lio did Ihit p.rhaps it miy b<" orgcsl that this party, even 

not 'svnu,aihi/,e with it, bni r. : i.i.ieh- i if it has done strange work in prvseuliug a cai.didKte 



meiit.'4, uni it bus since l^i^i-ii f auk y pi..tKiliiied by 
the Kcpnblicaii pre-a. Ami, no«,.Hinie its innugt - 
ration, wliit Ivis it d 'O'', or nh^t do 8 it jirim'sj to 
do, to oommo'ii' i Hilt I ■ th • s'ipp n of the (,«'<i and 
trtt« ine 1 if thid country t The c rLiiuisaiices iiiuhr 
vfhicii it I as bo.:n nshiriJ iu, the lon;j and f.'i'.rfiil 



r,»r the highest otiice in the go»c riinieu , Ihrmigh its 
represe;itativ( s in this Cotigress have exhibited the 
true spirit, and evinced an earnest fleterinination to 
Hccomplith ilic purposes detiniidf<l bv the times,und 
thai thi' pariy thfnfoi-t is eiitiiktl to the support and 
cncoura;,ein.-'nt of ino co'^scrvaf.iv ) nia,sHcs. Sir, that 



is oue of the verv inatu^rs f.pon which I bav.- desired , ces, would have guided their sUjps, and jROne with 
to bo heard. And I'bile I impv.-ra no peiitlemanV the Republican pai-y to any point withm rdiison, 
notivcfl, I intend to deal frankly and f>;arless y with and short of revolution, the rupture ot vha fiovc-rn- 
- - - - •'- ■ - .po^.g Qf 1 ment, or the creation of troubles and ailncu.t»« iti 

this llonr to ihsU!' ui 
adoption of some pla 



the subject. If it ha.n been the object and purpo; 



the subject. It it nan Deeu uie oDjeci ana purpose oi nu-nt, ui mc v,n;«i...... yi .,..^u-..-^;' — " .......,-...^. - 

the Ktpablican3 upon this llonr to cv-.^i-v,' upon the the country, more terrible and disastrou.s thm those 

adoption of some plan for the settlement of the I which they desire to remtdy. Audit is no excuse, 

troubles in Kansas and the country, which /hr// kmw . therefore, to say that they had no power to propose 

nation of the Senate and the . and carry throuoh this liouse some schenie or p .an 




w conchsmi~i\vAi thev must have t/.V that they re- | they did not know wou.d not tnett th.- appriba'ion 
Miire, or flo;,<?, when i\u^\ knots that, from the very i of the Senate or the rres;oent, aud couiu notUievc- 
iature of thino-s, Ibey cannot, obtain that all. If they i fore be ca'rie.l out? They- have through th<j axl^ol 




f.srd no relief, propose no healing nieasure, do noihin 



the" Union as a State, under her Tup-jk:- constitufi'; 

■n.st theii 




pleofth-.t Territory. Audyet,did«otevery Republi- 
can, either iu or out of Congress, /trtow) /«i7 well. 
when the passage of those bills took place, that they 
were destined to inevitable defeat in the Senate, and 



. -■■i-ed; if" ill;' tholr purpose to i<u*:r (ht: w ./-yof tli-j | mise. They have a so attached lo seme ol Uic »p- 
1 fopte to couLUui.--the breach which alri.idv exists propriatiou bills, certain provisos looking uiwardt 
between the KorOi and the South to grow wider -the the repeal of some of the odious laws of Katieas, a 
biit.>rness which is now felt by people in one section redress of the wrohg.s inflicted upon some ot the pce- 
towards those of .•.uot>'er, to became more rancorous, 
and fierce passioa to become more fierce and malig- 
nant, until every bond of Union is gone, all confi- 

df nee lost, and "all fraternal regard destroyed, and , , ■ /■ v • + 

nut, even pro:ose to arrest, in the si ishtest degree, that lo i«*:w!; upon the adopticm of the pr^visoN a^ 
th.! sad prosrss of things, or to cast vu>ou the! iaehcd to the appiv priatiou bills. w.is t'> defeat those 
troubled waters o!:e drop ofoi},morelvbucause they i measures, and theuby .stop the xrheeis of govevn- 
cannot obtain their vUiutatum^ then.^ir. it is to be | nient, bring about revoUuion, and eventually destroy 
conceded lliat their objects and purposes have been j th- Republic? And yet nothing else is pJ-f>P«se«' ^^■ 
^Mndly mcce8><f<d. And, if they are to, go out to I thing attemp ed, nothm ; cveu suggested byth.f par- 
tlie countrv, and appeal 10 the good and true men to | 1y, who claim for themse ves,fKVfXceU.enf:e, in eserv- 
sustain them, because of the iiigh excitun«nt and j thing that perta.ns to the "w.ongs of Ivuusas a re- 
the intense feeling which prevails, and which, if, dl•e^s of those wrongs, ana the resior;^loa (t quicl 
they did not, in the first place, engender, they have j to the country, 
at least suffered lo aecumu 
however slightly, to quiet 
commeiidatioi s to the peii_ 

umph is inevitable. It wi.. i.ui wi-, ,..11. ■.^. .»..»""". 1 , „ ., -, , /., - jr,„„.,v „„^ 

for these gentlemen to say that the Republican party I man, a gentleman from ^cw lork.(Mr. HAVr-.v) pro- 
LS m the miuonty upon this floor, anrf, therefore, i sented to this House an amendment to the henate 
(An do nothing, and should not be he'd responsible. 1 Kansas bill. pr. vidiug ior the wiping ou. of every- 
True, as a party, they have no majority ; but upon : thing transacted m that Territory since the organ- 
every measure of po"licv looking to tb"e settlem- nt i ization-the taking ot a new census a^compiet^ 
of the troubles in Kanaas~the rebuke of the Ad- j registration (f the leg.il voUrs, the d.stroang anew 
ministration-and the restoration of peace and auiet of the Terr tory. the election ot a new Legislature 
in the country, there has been enough of tho.e who | the annulling upon the meeting of the Legislature ot 
are not of t.hom, ready and wiling to aid, to enable i all laws unless rc-enacttd by U,and an enure change 
them to carry the same throneh this House. I in its government..! affairs. And y.t, sir, no actio 1 

Gentlemen, sir, and 1 speak pnrticrlarly for my- has been had by this House upon that riieafcure, so 
solfin this connexion, who came here r/<v/<)M«ci«(7 the i fair upon its face, so unexceplioaabie to aJi, even 
Democratic partv for i:s breach of fa th: its violation I those who insi. t niioa the princii>Jes ot ttie ivans.s- 
of rledo-es; its utter disregard of the peace and re- | Nebraska bill itsell, exciting no agitation condicung 
pose of the country ; its palpable impudence and j with none of the doctrines of any party m ths coiii;- 
folh-, 'f not wickedne s, in distiubing a peace mea- ; try, so prom-tive of its p ac^ ani quiet, but, in- 
smeof Eolong st.nding, and m opening up anew stewd of action upon it, wh-n a pripnsiuon was made 





bisely dualt with, bring back the govtriinient to a ! Mr. Chairman, is it «'./«,<(l to charg- that the 
i.olicv upon which it had bven conducted by good \ disposition, n ilu- p.rt of the K, publicans in fiis 
men through so many years, and restore once more j House to do anything /;«/f/l<t«Mov\ arcs tUii retUe- 
inthcland,peaceandconcoid._GeiMlereen,sir,wlio, I mVnt ol the Kansas <iiihcn!t os, bnt that they arc 
to ac 




all. becatuk." the Senate, constituted as it is, tf which ' betzin 
we Lave had I'uli knowledge in advance, will not c<">i'.- ' and d 
cnr in taitsc fttvri'e pl^cin or i,chtirf- upun which this Mr. 
Hou»p, H8 ail d]lhna('im, han seUltii ■ osvo. ; ttd nc 

And yet, s:r, thif Itrpubliciii) jv.irty fj'.t'S out, and ! tenrl>r 
upon this ri.'conl «p;.>L':i'i* to th- cotintrv .n thv I'n «•- j w' 
•ierr.I-il r::c^- ; -.nd wiiil.' ih;- l>i'niO!.Tacvf'>ld.-^ its arnib ; t. 

ttiid oUud.s upv)ii ixs jh.a'.Ui;, doin^ nc' ■ - \'^-' ■"^>- j i;:-. 

ir«r 10 d) .' otuiirg. Die KcpuMictiii?, \<y ^ other ti 

to I'i'- ppopli?, ••■ih<?rf' ph-ill !)>; i " !-•'•: ' ('VfT 'uk'. 

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br.t'.!'i of thi.s yt:>r. Hinplc-hiindcd sir.d alone, the j tiou -at every sttp of it- progress, and nnril an ho 
w)p.t' ,-, viouU bj ficirf Hud t' rrib!'.-— bitter in its m- 
ccpt'on— li'Wi'l'; and vindiclive in ll8 jirop^rrss — fwjr- 
ful in its ii itnina:i n— fatul and c.ilaniitoiis to the 
coiiui-y, wliat; vcr may bi^ its n-sults 

l^ir, "the ercal hecri of this ndti./u is not in thai 
r*t.M;'_'«1i> The tn!"Ht(v. — fii" /?".'.•', : /■■•if.'tvf, nuA ff"'' 



est, insulted arid "■';(r',".M;!l p-. p\f '■hfiM r's" t-y in 
their might, ;\i ' •". 

eir. that tlu I d 

itself :is a sroi i- 

ifls 8 necessity iur h^ o.uuit-r^itiit xN'o ciCti.StT ciui be 
made, in in v ipdfr'n'-tit. for rrich th:it )us bvcn doQ» 



tioiuti t-upiV u-.i.V, pi\>..i(.ds, ii^id i.\A\ ;.(>;; 

Dron;jh{ to i>i..'.r t«) ai'jiis-.' and ex if'' ti<:.: 

cool i.iid t^tdi'i; eit'zea evorvwhir,., und tu 

and j re • tlif-in into the scrdce of tiiher one :; d-.- 

the ( ;ti(r, tlu-re O'lnie-^ into th- i\r\(\ a n'",vj>! 

with its chi fi.iin bc:ii' 

—with no n.nrtii.l 

aoisu uf b.i't!-.' — hut ', 

nition, ?.itd (nfiTS the li.iv. ii b- 

iar bnnutr — rvory ttvijio and ^(: ■ 

•1! ' . ". "U thiil blind would mh 

-: I ■ . .\', war lis b.-.iuly or t:;' 



id thf cause o! hannouy tind pc. 

i<» th'- •"•.v — . u '.iry, and " Uif ■ 
war cry. 
■ • Chuirttian, wii"' 

v.h;. ^l,^..l!<l ; 



itr" lii'ld j aril doer. 

ifX! '.?!'■ I step tf» f)ii 



I iicp whxh, in all the dark 
■\ up;t;n5: th«- Di'inocMcy, 
•!d t.1 slrict accmnabiriv. 
ud by a p.i'tv i'l no «'.,■>< 

•'7 

■.Ion :A'yt ; li>:. 1 :.:! '-^iiv' 



many, but, b Uilii.a: a.s b-nh thrive partita me, about j 
a local and hcetional qu.-.-tion alone, niakinET no othiT j 
if.siie, under idl ihe exoil'-nient find biuerm.-*' ivhieh 
must arise in .such a ti^ht, and with ail the fearl'iil 
i.-ons'quences destined iiicvilablr to grew cut of it.s I 
termination, whatcTtr uiav be the result, and which- | 
ever m-<y >••• to • v'clf-'-, can the musses, the bone and ■ 
tiii, .'i,'e eKmentof ih eouuliy. i 

be ii eitij.T .side? Thatprii- I 

lie' ' , I putrioti-ni hhotihl deter j 

then), ijo oiici. ill «.U,.-ii!. Ihat i n ly inlloonce will 
be exert* d every utirmlu.') applii-d, aiid all means 
resorted to for 'he pn pose ot c^vnj-r'nuj every niuii 
t. • «ti!"ll hi)ii.'»elf en one side or th*.- other in th'« 
r- C'.i al I-tIm. i.< :ilii idy loo apparent. The potent 
(-r. face" . 1 the Niirili and ''.Abolition" 

111 alreii. y freily i;.-ed ti> !(>reu men into 

a-.. : . hich till ir very naiuie revoll.s. And 

it '.iiiv remain.* to be S' en of what kind of .'■-'.•///' the 
»>.v^.'i/« nf t •!■» rninilry in f>i:id'.', to di>lpr:nine whether 
0, ' . ■' ■ " • ;.r-e-tisfiil. 

\', . by nicii 

in teinj)t;i- 

tif n;, ii..i. ;u!ii., :;iL-.i;:>'. ui t;- ii.' > a l:^'lil « liieh ui-y 
even orrniiK' t«o nini-b l< r lln-ir more poweil'ul ann, 
yet. wr, dure is noi one of them who will f-r a sin- 
j»Ic inK'UiUi pause in h.«c.iree» and < onsiilt thai silent 
monitor wi bin hi'o, wi.^ will nil t>tiiiid app<ilJtdnt 
>hc fearful nbvns whch hj bo rapidly apt-roachrs. 
\. -1 T.', v'^, lilrc c :. 'mm, \\<:y r.;.U hcd .ii'y on, 



him, and if nnythmp coch u- added to render the 
eiici'tniun) more complete, it has lopg sine" been 
written by those who now o)>pofie him. II '" 
deiilial Adiniiiisir.itioii is the highest go 
his luturo course, »:nd neither d«c ar.itn n . 
pie nor promise • f pt rforrnnnce thould b<! n.-K>u «>r 
cxpeeted. He enit-ix-d upon the diseharee cf I'rcsi- 
dei:tial duties utice without them, an- " • - •- -'i-in 
and brill ancy of his Adiniiiisiraiion •'■ 

are r.ee<lod noiv to .■iutis.fy any onevl.. :;;>- 

tied with anyihin;.' that In- could say. l'::_( r -'irh k 
man, standing', a^ he will, between two ^nch con- 
tending parlies, irawin'.: to hii^ i-upport from e(u.-h 
of theni--everv man who hap no heart f»'r ntich u 
bitiie there will rally to his support such an army — 
so pure iu patri>>fis:n, SDtnhk'tred in couscrr.itivo 
seniinieut, so devoted to the povc-unicnt, in all its 
leiigih and breadth as to strike tenor and in*>piro 
awe in llie bjsoiii of all who oppofe it. 1 he sub- 
lime .sjieclnele of a pirly built up n 'he very midst 
<if a revolution, bloi'dless as yet, but t«riiHe and 
menacing on every si-'e, jie.'cetni and c inciliutory in 
every mi "Vement, with no weyp os of warfare but 
the cheri^lK-d principles of ».ur r'alhers aud their »:i- 
rred memories— no dt fence bat the sh old of the 
t'ons-titution— n « proni-e but i<n uiHiTid.-<l people 
and an unbroken uut'imal f.iilh, — with the (•'od of 
battle to >;iii<'e our steps, what power ou curth shall 
overcome us ? ___^ 

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